[Stepping through the blood-stained steps, you have come to the second floor of the Tower of the Brave. 】

Three paths appear in front of you. There was a dark shadow floating on the road on the left, perhaps another monster blocking the way; On the middle road, there is a shiny treasure chest; The road on the right is empty, there is nothing, and it leads to the next junction. ...... you choose]

[You choose to go to the treasure chest in the middle.] 】

[You walked quickly to the treasure chest and opened it with excitement. 】

[Unfortunately, the box is empty, and the treasures inside have long been taken away by other brave men. You triggered the trap on the chest, and you were stabbed in the palm by a poisonous needle, and your HP was -15......]

[Time passes, you return to the entrance on the second floor.] 】

[This time, you choose to go to the left.] 】

[You have met a brave man!] 】

[Your Omniscient Crystal automatically returns the other party's details: No. 7, Fire Believer, Divine Power 2 points, God Defense 3 points, Health 54/54.] Highest number of floors passed: 29, progress ranking: 1st. 】

[The first encounter with other brave people, but it makes you extremely vigilant. Although you are both brave men in the crusade against the Demon King, you are not comrades-in-arms, but competitors. 】

[So, when you meet on a narrow road, what choice do you have to make? 】

[1, Attack.] When we meet on a narrow road, it is most important to seize the opportunity. 】

[2. Try to communicate with the other party, maybe the other party is also a friendly person. 】

[3, stand still, wait for the other party's choice. 】

"Huh?"

Mu You was stunned. I didn't expect to meet a player as soon as I came to the second floor, and he is also the player who is currently the first player in the progress of climbing the tower!

No. 7, as can be seen from the number, this is one of the first players to start this task, and if it can stand out among thousands of players and rank first, then the actual combat ability will definitely not be weak.

However, even the first player has only cleared the 29th floor?

Mu You was a little relieved, he was originally worried that this task would be cleared by others first, but now it seems that the difficulty of the follow-up levels of this tower should be quite high, and there are still many opportunities left for him.

As for the options in front of you, you don't have to think about it, the other party will definitely do it, and the first-ranked player encounters a newcomer who has just entered the game, just like a person walking on the road and encountering an ant blocking the road, there is no other possibility than stepping on it.

[The No. 7 Brave looks at you, his eyes are like a beast looking at a sheep that has no power to resist. 】

[Before you make a choice, the other party has already made the first choice and confidently launched an attack on you. 】

[After a thrilling battle, you killed the No. 7 Brave Warrior, with -20 HP and 1/51 remaining HP.] 】

[Warrior's Blood activated, your health is restored to 7, current health: 8/51.] 】

"Oh?" Mu You was slightly surprised.

I thought that with the restraint of the shadow pom-pom, he should be able to kill the other party without injury, but he was actually deducted blood, and there were a lot of deductions, and if he was beaten more, he would be killed by the other party.

It can only be said that he is worthy of being the number one player, and he really has two brushes.

Moreover, Mu You has already discovered that the shadow pom-pom is far less useful in this tower than outside. Shadow Binding can directly block a person's actions in the outside world, but in this tower, I don't know if the creatures here have divine relationships, so they can only slow down their actions, and cannot be completely restrained.

Coming back to his senses, Mu You continued to look down.

[The No. 7 Brave died tragically in front of you, now, you can choose one of the following three as your loot!] 】

[1. Obtain all the divinities that have not yet been used by the other party.] 】

[2. Get a random item that the opponent has assembled.] 】

[3. Plunder one-tenth of the opponent's faith points.] 】

Choose one of the three loot and exclude the third one first.

This has just entered the second floor of the tower, and there are basically only single-digit beliefs, and one-tenth of it is negligible.

The same is true for the first divinity, there is generally not much divinity left at the current stage.

Mu You directly chose 2.

[You have obtained the item 'Fire Scythe': Whenever you set the opponent on fire, burn them for one point of defense.] 】

This is a fire-based specialized prop, which should be specially used to cooperate with the magic of the opponent's fire warrior, but it is basically useless to Mu You.

Mu You looked back and looked at the other props.

There are three items that can be equipped in the Believer Stage, and the remaining two items are the 'Fire Shield' and the 'Fire Windbreaker', which are also fire-based specialized items.

Mu You immediately understood why this person could be ranked first. These three props are likely to be relics brought in by the other party, which are very compatible with the fire warrior, and greatly strengthen his initial combat power in the tower, which can stand out among thousands of players!

It's a pity that these three items are useless to him, even if he takes one here, he will only get a temporary replica, and it will disappear when he leaves the tower, and then even if he changes to a fire-based brave, he won't use it at all.

Mu You shook his head, went back again, and chose the first item.

You have gained Divinity Points *100. 】

"100 points?"

Mu You was taken aback.

You must know that it is only the second layer now, and the other party has only experienced three events like him before, how can there be so many divinities?

Mu You had just encountered a special event before, desperately selling blood to the limit, and only obtained 19 divinity at one time, even if the other party encountered three similar events in a row, it would not be possible to exceed 100, right?

Mu You frowned, and couldn't think clearly for a while, so he had to put it down.

Either way, it's always good to be able to get so many divinities at once.

As you continue to set off, a merchant with a raven's face appears in front of you. 】

[Crowface warmly beckons you to browse its goods, it is a divine merchant, you can buy various goods such as magic spells, props, potions and other goods from him, in addition to selling those items you don't need, but all transactions need to be paid for with divinity. 】

When the text prompted that divinity is equal to currency, Mu You guessed that there should be something like a store in the future, and now he has encountered it.

Mu You click to view.

[You walk towards Ravenface, and Ravenface shows you its merchandise.] 】

[Divine Power Potion, Divine Defense Potion, Divine Skill 'Raging Waves' (Water Warrior only), Divine Skill 'Bone Erosion' (Dark Warrior only), Divine Skill 'Falling Stone' (Earth Warrior only)...... God of War Ararmband, Windswept Shoes, Frozen Pipes, ......]

There are more than 20 items listed in the store, one of each of the nine series of divine arts, and two kinds of potions, which will increase a little divine power and a little divine defense respectively after taking them, and the price is 50 divinity, but it is limited to purchase, and each person is limited to one purchase, unless he meets another merchant later.

The rest are all props, and they are also available in various departments, and the first thing Mu You noticed was the 'God of War Armband'.

[God of War Armble: An artifact used by the God of War, increases 100 points of God's Defense, and enters the state of Divine Immunity when actively used, lasting for ten seconds. (Available only for Earth Heroes) Price: 5000 Divine Points. 】

Artifact! 5000 divinity points!

This is clearly something he can't afford.

And the reason why Mu You noticed this was because he also had a prop with the same name: the armband that was seized from the Z Realm Walker before, but that was obviously just an imitation of the artifact, and it could be seen from the effect that it increased ordinary defense, which was only useful in the Star Spirit Realm, so it did not appear in the available props on the panel before.

However, seeing this artifact, Mu You remembered another artifact he had: the Scepter of the Moon.

The description of the Moon Scepter clearly states that it is an artifact, and it must also belong to the category of 'real' artifacts, but it did not appear in his panel inventory before.

Now that he saw the explanation of this armband, it seemed that the Moon Scepter could only be used when he came in as the Moon Hero.

When he came back to his senses, Mu You looked at all the prop effects, but he didn't find anything eye-catching, either it was too expensive for him to afford, or the effect was average and he couldn't see it.

As for the divine arts, the divine techniques here should be the divine techniques that cannot appear in normal promotion, so there is no need to worry about repeating, but the effect of the earth-based 'falling rock' is average, and it is not as good as the hammer of the god of war.

In the end, Mu You only bought one bottle of each of the two potions, improved his attack and defense, and left the store to continue exploring.

……

And just when Mu You had a smooth ride on his side.

On the other side, in the Indonesian region, in a brightly lit villa.

A young man with curly hair, looking at the message 'You are dead' on his phone, could not come back to his senses for a long time.

His name is Manohar, and he is the No. 7 brave man in the game just now, and he is currently the first person to climb the tower.

Hal is the leader of a first-class force in Indonesia, and one of the first people to discover this tower climbing task, on the day of triggering the mission, he immediately organized his subordinates to explore the Tower of the Brave, and also reached a cooperation with two other local forces, under the summary of a large amount of intelligence from the three forces, they quickly figured out the mechanism of this mission, and also figured out a lot of rules, for example, the second layer will be fixed to brush out a businessman.

It is precisely because he knows this law that Hal has prepared a large number of divinities in advance, ready to come here for a wave of shopping, according to previous experience, as long as the goods here are refreshed well, this place is enough to greatly improve his combat effectiveness in the early stage, so that he has a higher chance of hitting the 30th floor and above.

He has been climbing the tower in this way for the last two days, and today is no exception, the only exception is that he met the player before arriving at the store today.

[You have encountered Brave No. 2459, Cultist of the Earth, HP: 21/51.] 】

"Rookie?"

This was Hal's first thought when he saw the other party's number. As a 'veteran player' of the Tower of the Brave, he still has a number of how many people have started the mission so far, and the number of 2459 is definitely a newcomer who has just started the mission today.

Then he looked at the other party's life information again, and confirmed his thoughts even more: After the simplest first layer, you can drop thirty points of blood, isn't it a rookie?

So Hal didn't hesitate at all, and chose to attack casually. He encountered a lot of this kind of newcomer when he climbed the tower, and in the face of a well-equipped veteran like him, he had no power to resist at all.

At this time, too, after Hal finished choosing, he was already waiting to quickly finish the loot and go to the back store, and the result was ......

[After a hard battle, you are gradually defeated and killed by the 2459 Brave Extreme! ] 】

[You are dead, all the boosts you have gained in the tower have been recovered......]

“？？？”

Hal almost thought he had read it wrong, and read these two sentences more than a dozen times, still a little incredulous: his dignified No. 1 progress master was actually killed by a rookie with half-crippled blood?

This must be a bug!

……

【…… After a bit of mayhem, with the help of the Shadow Pom-pom, you slay the Mechanical Geek (2 stars) and gain 5 points of Divinity. 】

[In the place where the mechanical freak died, you found the 'Energy Box': before the start of each battle, restore three energy points.] 】

[You came to the exit of the ninth floor, and a crimson staircase appeared in front of you, did you step in?] 】

After passing through the shop on the second floor, Mu You passed all the way and successfully rushed through the ninth floor.

Starting from the sixth layer, a two-star monster appeared among the monsters encountered, and the strength was much stronger than that of the one-star, but the rewards given were also much richer, killing one to give five divinity.

After killing all the way like this, Mu You's current divine stock has reached 112 points, in addition, his faith has also increased to 30, he has been promoted to the 'Priest of the Earth', the attack and defense of the gods have increased by one point, the real life has increased by 20 points, and he has comprehended the new divine technique 'Great Earthquake Trembling', in addition to obtaining an item slot.

And the next level to promote the 'Esoteric Sect of the Earth', the demand has really increased fivefold, and you need to reach 180 faith points to be promoted.

"Yes." Mu You continues the game.

You stepped up the blood-stained stairs and reached the tenth floor. 】

[Congratulations, your Tower of the Brave has reached the 10th floor!] 】

[All Heroes can choose a permanent reward to obtain when they first step on each full ten floors of the tower (this reward will not disappear by leaving the Tower of the Brave.] 】

Please choose between the following four rewards. 】

[1, gain 1 point of divine power.] 】

[2, Gain 1 point of God's Defense.] 】

[3, gain 1 real life.] 】

[4, Gain 50 divinity.] 】

"Reward ...... that can be brought out of the tower"

Mu You was stunned.

Seeing this prompt, he finally knew how the previous No. 7 divinity point came from. Get a reward every ten floors, the other party has cleared the 29th floor, and has obtained two rewards, apparently the other party has chosen 4 both times, bringing 100 divinity points back to reality.

As long as he doesn't use these 100 divinities outside, every time he enters the Tower of the Brave, it will become his initial capital!

Don't look at only a hundred, but the initial 100 and the later 100 effect can be very different, this initial resource is easy to form a snowball effect, step by step, step by step, if only to climb the tower, this idea is indeed correct.

But here's the problem: this tower climbing quest is time-limited after all, and it's best to choose divinity here to complete the task, but when the quest is over, the value of divinity will quickly depreciate, after all, this thing can be obtained repeatedly through monster farming.

In comparison, the first three items are really limited things, such as the power of the gods, which can only be exchanged once in a lifetime at each god, and how many gods do ordinary people have the opportunity to see in their lifetime? What's more, it costs 1000 lifespans to exchange it once.

Therefore, for the sake of long-term value, the first three items should still be redeemed here.

And the power of God, the defense of God and the real life, first exclude the real life, although this thing is worth 10,000 points of life in the Star Spirit Realm, but out of the Star Spirit Realm, it will be beaten back to its original form, and it will disappear if it is hit by the power of God, and the value will be completely exploded by the God Defense.

Leaving the power of God and the defense of God, Mu You thought about it, and still chose the power of God, because all the damaging magic techniques he knows at present are all directly linked to the value of God's power, in other words, the level of a god's god power directly determines the overall offensive ability of this god, but it is God's defense, and no similar connection has been found at present, even if there is, Mu You firmly believes that 'offense is the best defense'.

[Congratulations, you have made a wise choice, your God Power +1, current God Power: 8 points.] 】

[You continue to move forward and enter the central area of the tenth floor. 】

[A three-headed dog of hell (3 stars) intercepts in front of you! ] It is a general sent by the Demon King to guard the top ten layers, a nightmare that all brave people can't get around. 】

[After a fierce battle, you were bitten to death by the three-headed dog of hell!] 】

[You are dead, and many of the improvements you have gained in the tower have been recovered......]

“？”

Mu You was stunned for a moment, and a three-star monster suddenly appeared, judging from the description, it seemed to be the boss of the 1-10 floors.

But even if it was a boss, such a sudden death was something Mu You didn't expect.

Mu You hurriedly traced back according to the table and fought again.

However, it is still the same, no matter how many times you go back, the result is death, the only difference is the way of death, being bitten to death by a three-headed dog, scratched to death, trampled to death...... The emergence of all kinds of fancy death methods is not a time when you can win.

After going back dozens of times, Mu You also understood that it seemed that it was an absolute gap in hard power, which could not be made up by random and luck.

[You woke up outside the Tower of the Brave, and your organs were intact. 】

[Everything in the tower just now is hovering in your mind like a nightmare, but you know that it is not a dream, you have just experienced a defeat in the Tower of the Brave, and you have not even seen the demon king, and you have been defeated by the monster, which makes you feel extremely ashamed and unwilling. 】

[Do you remember that there is another chance to enter the tower trial today, do you want to enter it immediately?] 】

"No."

Mu You didn't rush to enter again, because he found that he still underestimated the difficulty of this tower.

Although it can't be said that he was lucky just now, at least the overall situation was smooth, and he had more shadow pompoms and titles than others, even so, he still didn't even pass the first boss, which shows that there is a problem with his passing ideas.

That No. 7 is inferior to him in terms of combat power, but he can clear the 29th floor, not because the opponent is lucky, but because the opponent's props and magic have formed a system, and the other party has a complete set of combat power construction ideas, on the other hand, he is improving all the way, and there is no linkage between various means, and there is no form of cooperation, so the further the natural gap is.

Thinking of this, Mu You manipulated the character to find the badge merchant he met at the door before.

[The merchant was stunned at first when he saw you approaching, and then greeted you in surprise and asked if you had figured it out and decided to exchange it for other brave badges? The merchant said that his previous promise is still valid, and you can replace his badge here for free! 】

[You agree to the merchant's invitation, and then, under the merchant's strange gaze, take out a 'Moon Badge' from his container that no one cares about. 】

[Do you confirm that you will give up the identity of the 'Hero of the Earth' and change it to the 'Hero of the Moon'?] 】

(End of chapter)